Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1917 — CRUMP JURY AGAIN DISAGREES [ARTICLE]

CRUMP JURY AGAIN DISAGREES

After being out for nearly twenty hours the jury in the second trial of Jesse Crump of Benton county, charged with the murder of his neighbor, Donald McGregor, failed to agree and was discharged by Special Judge Wason Tuesday; The jury stood eight to four for acquittal. In the former trial, whidh also resulted in a disagreement, the jury was equally divided. It is doubtful if the defendant will ever be brought to trial again. The killing of McGregor was the result of a quarrel between the neighbors over a dog which belonged to Crump and which McGregor is alleged to have killed. Crump struck McGregor over the head with a club, in self defense he alleged, and McGregor died in a short time as a result of the blow. The evidence during the trial was practically the same as that of the previous trial and the only new evidence of importance was that of Mrs. Crump and Miss Alta Crumnp, the 18-year-old daughter of the defendant, who testified they saw the fatal combat. Their stories varifled Crump’s own version of the tragedy. \